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Corporate (Private Equity) Senior Associate

Employer
Osborne Clarke LLP
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
6 Mar 2019

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Vacancy Type
Solicitors – Private Practice
Contract Type
Permanent
Practice Area
Corporate, Private Equity
Experience Level
5+ yrs PQE
Role Classification
Lawyer

Job Details

"..seasoned industry experts, with a significant depth and breadth of experience." – Chambers & Partners

We are looking for a Senior Associate to join our highly regarded Private Equity team in London. Having advised on over 30 deals with an aggregate value in excess of £2 billion in the last financial year, and with current deals in the London PE Team alone representing an aggregate deal value of over £3 billion, the number and range of transactions we undertake is what really sets us apart. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected team, known for having an entrepreneurial outlook and approach, and work on exciting deals both nationally and internationally.

The practice

Our Private Equity team provides advice throughout the investment lifecycle, from deal structuring to exit. We provide results-focused, legal advice in leading private equity and growth capital transactions and advise on all aspects of investments such as buy-outs, exits, growth capital, operational issues, portfolio acquisitions, setting up new funds and structural issues.

Our transactional private equity practice approaches the market with three distinct offerings:  our financial sponsor offering targets the private equity houses; our family office offering targets high net worth's and family offices; and our increasingly impressive management advisory team works with management teams, typically on larger mandates.  A selection of our financial sponsor clients include:  Alcuin, Caledonia Unquoted Investments, Growth Capital Partners, H.I.G. Capital Europe, Inflexion, LDC, Marlin Private Equity, Mobeus, NVM Private Equity, Palatine, Primary Capital, RJD Partners and Tenzing. We operate within key sectors such as digital business and financial services.

To find out more about the practice, please see the link below.

http://www.osborneclarke.com/expertise/service/corporate/private-equity/

The team

"They have good strength in depth. It's a big team with hands-on, experienced partners." – Chambers & Partners

The team is led nationally by Alisdair Livingstone (partner) and  in London by Mark Spinner (partner).  Nationally the private equity team comprises 8 further partners, 3 Associate Directors, 5 Senior Associates and 5 Associates based across the UK. Our PE partners bring in excess of 150 years' combined specialist private equity experience to the team.

The work

Our recent experience includes:-

Advising HIG on the sale of Brand Additions to Elysian

Advising DeA Capital, Hunt, IP and Management on the sale of Corin Orthopaedics to Permira

Advising Tenzing on its investment in Converge TS

Advising Caledonia Unquoted Investments on its acquisition of Gala Bingo Retail Business from Gala Coral

Advising LDC and Management on the sale of A-Gas to KKR

Advising RJD partners on the acquisition of Babington Group

Advising GCP on its investment in Shorterm Group

Advising Management of Vita Group on its sale to SVP Global

Advising Management of TTC Group on the investment by Palatine

Advising Management of Linnaeus Group on its sale to Mars, Inc

Advising Lovehoney Group on investment from Telemos

Advising Beavertown Brewery on the investment by Heineken

Technical skills and experience

The right candidate will have in-depth and specific knowledge and experience of the full spectrum of Private Equity transactional work which will have been gained at a well-respected City or National firm. Due to the nature of the work and the structure of the team, we are looking to a Senior Associate lawyer, although we will consider candidates with more or less experience.  The successful candidate will also be expected to exhibit a willingness and propensity for business development activity and will have an existing network of contacts at private equity funds and intermediaries.

Your career development

Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with:

  • clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress;
  • high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure;
  • thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues;
  • robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you; and
  • reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure.

We are also looking for candidates who are not content to just be a fee earner but who are interested in contributing to the strategy of the private equity team and helping us grow our already extremely successful practice which has seen significant year on year growth over the past five years.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits.

For more information or to apply

At Osborne Clarke we welcome direct applications - if you would like any further information about the role, or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Emily Webb in the Recruitment team on 0117 917 3072 or emily.webb@osborneclarke.com.

 

At Osborne Clarke, we are known for our open and inclusive culture. We believe that by investing in the diversity and wellbeing of our people, we create an environment where everyone can thrive to be the best that they can be. This means recognising that our people have lives and commitments outside of work. We have invested in connected working for our people and, where possible, we will accommodate flexible working for all our roles.   

Company

Osborne Clarke LLP is energetic, forward thinking and client focused. Refreshingly unstuffy, this is an open and collaborative environment and we place great emphasis on teamwork rather than traditional hierarchies.

We use our experience, expertise and imagination to give clients tailored, practical, commercial advice that makes a difference to their business. When it comes to giving clients an opinion, we won't sit on the fence.

We know several important industry sectors inside out and we have particular expertise in Digital Business, Energy and Utilities, Financial Services and Real Estate & Infrastructure. Our International reach gives our clients access to global expertise.

Our mix of home-grown talent coupled with our strategic lateral recruitment activity delivers our vision.

Our comprehensive learning and development programme coupled with our competitive benefits package means we attract and retain the best talent. Development of the best talent is at the heart of what we do.

If you've got the drive, talent and imagination to succeed, we'd love to hear from you.

We know where we are going. Join us.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44(0) 117 917 3000
Location
2 Temple Back East
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EG
GB

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